Arizona silver belt. [volume] (Globe City, Pinal County, Ariz.) 1878-19??, 1887-08-20
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Con Cosgroye, Of Kansas, ana myself
I bid good bye 70 beautiful Santa Bar.
bara, bound for The so.called Wonder.
land ofthe fat North sorry to leave
for tho time being the pleasant bath
ing fishing, etc, of the land of tlowers
and sunshine, but anxious 10 see and
know the wonders 81 the land Of ice
and nightless day,
I The sea voyage to Frisco was nm
usually rough and poor Con. paid i
heavy tribute to Neptune in tins bis
first initiation on Malt water How
ever we saw some whales, and finally
I got there ! enjoyed ii hugely, III
flct | have learned To love rough
I water like used to enjoy the backing
/ Texas bronco, as long as I did not go
down. The sights Of Frisco are many
land entieing we saw them ALL and
Con. acknowledged Frisco tie boss
town for anything anaeverything you
lplesse. All the last moment Con, fear
fIl of further encounters with the
dreaded salt water, backed clear out,
boarded the cars for San jose, and /
took alone the cutoff for Portland,
Oregon This ride Is very interesting
and tho scenery varied indeed. i
passed through d vast anu fearful Co..
est fire in the Shasta mountains, and
eight beyond at the foot of 8it shas-
ti- l4,4o0 feet high, capped with per-
patual snow and ice, The road runs
over many high trestle works, hun
deeds Of fact high and some perhaps
miles in length, and apparently very
dangerous. The dourishing town Of
Portland Is very attractive,
Having some days to spare before
the sailing Of the aolymmanD FOR
Alaska, | TOOK an excursion steamer
for sevaral hundred mules UP the
grand old Golumbiariyar. fshed for
salmon, saw the famous Cascades, the
wild scenes and steep, straight walls
.of the Columbia lovely Spokane Fails
mo doubt the largest available water.
power IN tho world queer Rooster
Rock, and finally the stupendous Gas
cade railroad to Tacoma. This road
crosses Cascade mountains at an aver.
age grade Of 296 feet per milo. The
train has two 90-ton engines at each
end il does not turn at ALI In going
up and down the steep mountains,
but simply switehes back and forth,
but still ahead like boat beating to
windward, and Is considered Gle best
triumph Of engineering skin of any
road now built Some places you zee
five tracks directly below or above ths
tram, and it di2zies TIA bead at thc
immense heights passed over. The
Sound towns of Tacoma, Olympia ana
Seattle are building UP fast and are
dalRg large trade. Enierprising
men st;'l have here field for good
openings in business. While watch.
ing the many small steamers depart
iny from Tacoma, happened to See a.
very exciting race and collision be-
tween two competing boats, the Fleet.
wood and the Hayward. Happily, mo-
lives were lost, but 50 many badly.
jeopardized that ] was astonished such
reckless rivalry was allowed
On July 25th very largo crowd
Of people from many parts of the|
world, and this one Globeiie, boarded
the large and handsome steamer 0lym-
plan, bound for alaska ana way ports.
sour boat pulled out, many were on
the dock to bid their friends good bye,
but ! was q stranger to all, and for
the frst time since ! left home, felt
lonesome. BY chance a happy tbOugbtI
straek me, ! raised ny sombrero.l
bowed to the crowd, Ia Globe Ian
ciers, grinned ny best smile and sung
ont Justify, swell, good bye, Judgeli
Moge than han dozen hats came OH
at once, handkerchief waved IL me,
farewells came back, and had the
satisfaction of as good a send-olf AZ
aboard. The steel steamer
Olympian is no donbt tile best ap-
pointed and most elegantly furnished |
boat on the Pacific coast, and here
they 40 most things ii way uE style
She carries po steerage passengers, no /
freight, Is very fast and really float.
ing palace, constructed for Alaska ex-
cursionists. She sets better table
than Fatty Kee, has baths, etc., elee- <
tric lights throughout, good books ard I
liquors and All good hosel comforts.
! vas awed BY Yosemite, wondered
at tho Geysers, admired the Hudson,
proud Of Niagara, enraptured with
The fair Rhine, suppressed amaaement /
It London, loved Paris, CHERISH Ari- [
iona, but this Alaska trip completely
.akes the whole ginger cookey, andl
irying 70 jlsHy describe it Is a feat
beyond nay ability. Ia tirae of trouble
receive aid from what Dave Hender.
,on called eombatiyeness; my dear
gite ealls it "9bstcperousnesg, % here
goes for Alaska. Consider a route